kiwitina Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 More stuff arrived. more to come no doubt. Spaced M16 Calipers, Capri 2.8 vented discs, Pads, and a full set of wheel bearings. Looking forward to some time off work...some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitina Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 Hey. Pulled my diff apart today. Getting it cleaned up for a lick of paint like the other stuff. Will be blasted in the next few days so I just wanted to remove as much crap off it as I could. yummy. Looks good! I dont think ill have to get any work done to the diff mechanicals. Well atleast that would be nice. Cant remember any noise the last time I drove it... So many jobs on the go at once. I really got to just finish one thing at a time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitina Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 I feel like Im inching further along the progress road. Took some comparison photos to boost my motivation further. Stoked at how my rusty hubs looked coming out of the blasting cabinet! I did some other bits but failed to take pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitina Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 Been painting lots the past few days. Unwrapped my block and head finally. Even though they had both been professionally cleaned, I was still wiping dirt off them after a couple of hours. Eventually got it clean enough. Masked it up and sprayed the paint. Head is in 3M 'Aluminium' and block is in 3m 'Ford dark blue' (yeah typical eh?) Legs and spring hats I put in POR15. Powdercoating would have been nice but was just too expensive. I now have though I didnt take pics, most of my strut pieces in paint so will have them back together in the next few weeks. New springs, shocks, calipers, discs and pads! May have an issue with bolting my calipers to the strut but it will have to wait till I have it all there in front of me. Goal is to get the suspension and steering back in the car so it can be sent for some metal work. Then hopefully by the time it comes back to me the weather will be a bit more friendly and I can push on with the floor blasting. Promised some people including myself that I would have the car at Kumeu 2013. Fark!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitina Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Got home a little earlier than expected so I went through my boxes of engine bits to find a good sump. Was surprised to find that 1 of the 3 was a reverse bowl. Not needed for this build but it may come in handy down the track. Strip discs had the paint off there in about 10mins. Will sandblast the thing next week. Thinking black for the sump to create a blue black and silver theme in the engine bay. Removed the masking off the block. Im really chuffed at how it came out. Looks a million bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitina Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Painted a few things today. Sump paint was far more matte than I thought it was gonna be but oh well. add these to the rest of it taking up space in spare bedroom Sisters pug came to "help out" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitina Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 I’ve pretty much given up on getting the car finished this summer. It’s just not gonna happen. It guts me but work is slow, I’m trying to get a house deposit together and it takes me too long to do anything as I’m so picky. It doesn’t help that I bought a ute. It’s going to become my daily but it needs work so the tina hasn’t progressed much since the last update. More bits blasted, metal readied and painted....The pile of bits in the living room grows! Bought this yesterday. Havent welded anything before so Im going to experiment for ages before using my ute as a guinea pig. Then if I feel confident I may tackle the easier bits on the cortina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitina Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 Converted my garage into a blasting room and a spare bedroom into mass storage. Been blasting the sh&* out of the car and making good progress. No photos at the mo cos it aint a very camera friendly environment. This will be me for the next few weeks I think. Trying to get the blasting done this summer and then get the car in for some patches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitina Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Been pushing on with the stripping and blasting. Its not entirely clean yet but it will be. A few areas particularly in the front end will need patching but overall Im stoked with how its coming out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitina Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Hahahaha Look at what I found!. Skip the drama and go to 3.51. This is not long after I got her a fair few years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYikTnDv_OI 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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